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does it bug you a lot to read negative comments about the show? My problems with the show actually started around Season 3, when it just seemed to me like all the sketches ran together/were very similar/had the same jargon to them sort of. For awhile there it just seemed like every sketch was about "Look at me! I'm a douche!" or some cute character being violent. Just those two sketches over and over.

The first two seasons I thought had more variety in there. And then - I think since then, it's opened up a bit more too. But is that just a viewer perception? Do you guys ever think that about your own work? Like when things seem to run together or sketches seem similar, are there those among you that bristle more at that than others?

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Ratings for the show always seem solid. I realize it's a factor, but how big a deal is that with you guys in terms of - if ratings fluctuate, do you try to react to that right away? or is it more you just do what you do and hopefully it'll all work out?﻿

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Do you regret buying that time share? If so, what do you wish you did with the $12,000?

Robot Chicken has a sketch with The Shouter, which is a parody of The Clapper, where people just shout and the lights went on or off. I have thought of my own parody: The Crapper. People take a crap and the lights go on and off. Feel free to use that one.

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DouglasGoldstein wrote:NOTdubbed asked: "How do you and others at Robot Chicken HQ feel about the Star Wars prequels? It's pretty clear SOMEONE over there has got an interest in Star Wars, but as a die hard fan, I consider the prequels pretty goddamn terrible. What's your take?"

Everyone at Lucasfilm is very nice.

Yes, but do you guys think the prequels **beast** ass? That was my main question.

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DouglasGoldstein wrote:NOTdubbed asked: "How do you and others at Robot Chicken HQ feel about the Star Wars prequels? It's pretty clear SOMEONE over there has got an interest in Star Wars, but as a die hard fan, I consider the prequels pretty goddamn terrible. What's your take?"

Everyone at Lucasfilm is very nice.

Yes, but do you guys think the prequels **beast** ass? That was my main question.

I think he was purposely evading the question and giving you a hint at the same time.

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DouglasGoldstein wrote:duzitickle asked: "Do you have the puppet of yourself (from the bedroom scene)?And did they run that skit by you or just toss it in there?

Do y'all accept toy donations and if so, where should we send them?free toys, free toys, free toys."

I have the head of that toy -- that's all there is that's officially me, the sculpted head. The body you see on TV is in much better shae than my own body. do you reuse the head if/when theres a scene for it?And which bedroom scene are you talking about? As co-head writer I see and go over everything, so if you see a sketch where I'm being made fun of it's not gonna be a surprise for me. (Yes, the Time Share stuff is a true story). But sometimes they use my head on a toy without my knowing and it's usually for a pervert character. Dunno why...this bedroom scene (1:07)Free toys? No no, send us ring dings!!

dude.youre talking to people who sent mike lazzo spinach, hamid got the teabags and merrill got the ant farms.what would you do if y'all started getting ring dings in the mail?cuz... youre probably gonna get some now.

what do you guys do with your old props?is there a site where we can buy them?(cheap little stuff for the poor people, man)

I think there was more than one head sculpt made of me, so even though i have one, there's others out there still making me look like a pervert. I haven't worn my beard that way in years though (trivia!!)

That link to the bedroom scene doesn't work -- can you describe it?

There's no way I'm giving out my address dude! Or even the studio's address! Man, I'd get into so much trouble, even though I'd love the ring dings. Just think of me when you eat one, and I'll feel the love.

I don't think the old props are ever sold or thrown out -- anything that can be reused is a dollar saved ya know!

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does it bug you a lot to read negative comments about the show? My problems with the show actually started around Season 3, when it just seemed to me like all the sketches ran together/were very similar/had the same jargon to them sort of. For awhile there it just seemed like every sketch was about "Look at me! I'm a douche!" or some cute character being violent. Just those two sketches over and over.

The first two seasons I thought had more variety in there. And then - I think since then, it's opened up a bit more too. But is that just a viewer perception? Do you guys ever think that about your own work? Like when things seem to run together or sketches seem similar, are there those among you that bristle more at that than others?

You forgot the sketches about the violent douches! But is that really the case? I never watch the show myself, it's on past my bedtime.

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Ratings for the show always seem solid. I realize it's a factor, but how big a deal is that with you guys in terms of - if ratings fluctuate, do you try to react to that right away? or is it more you just do what you do and hopefully it'll all work out?﻿

React right away? No way to do that! It takes like a year to produce an episode! I dunno, if anything ever goes wrong we just blame each other and then go back to work.

Do you regret buying that time share? If so, what do you wish you did with the $12,000?

Robot Chicken has a sketch with The Shouter, which is a parody of The Clapper, where people just shout and the lights went on or off. I have thought of my own parody: The Crapper. People take a crap and the lights go on and off. Feel free to use that one.

What's your favorite RC sketch?

Well, we sold that timeshare to someone else for $2,000 so it was really just a $10,000 hit. What would I like to have done with that money instead of the time share? ANYTHING. Setting up a regular shipment of Dunkin Donuts from NY for years, probably.

Watch for The Crapper: The Movie, coming soon.

My favorite RC sketch? My answer to that question changes depending on how constipated I am. Right now I'd say it was the little sketch where the mouse runs into a cirlce of cats and blows himself up as a suicide bomber. But I haven't pooped in two days so who knows.

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DouglasGoldstein wrote:NOTdubbed asked: "How do you and others at Robot Chicken HQ feel about the Star Wars prequels? It's pretty clear SOMEONE over there has got an interest in Star Wars, but as a die hard fan, I consider the prequels pretty goddamn terrible. What's your take?"

Everyone at Lucasfilm is very nice.

Yes, but do you guys think the prequels **beast** ass? That was my main question.

"What we are encountering is a panicky, an almost hysterical, attempt to escape from the deadly anonymity of modern life ... and the prime cause is not vanity ... but the craving of people who feel their personality sinking lower and lower into the whirl of indistinguishable atoms to be lost in a mass civilization."

Do you, along with other voice actors get nervous to hear your voice as the character you portray to the tens of millions to hear on TV? Like a sense of feeling like an example, "Did I do well? Did I do excellent?" Like you feel excitement going all over you?

Also, Another question to follow along, No offense please, But why use Thundercats, G.I. Joe and Transformers all the time in every skit? Is it any legal complexity to get... Let's say a few anime parodies and video game parodies? Like... I'm gonna say at the top and one of many of my favorite as well, Devil May Cry. Created by Hideki Kamiya and under Capcom. I know you guys have used Ryu a few times. But what about some future parodies of that? Along with Bleach and Naruto? Like you did the one with Inuyasha before and Sailor Moon. Is it possible that you guys could do that? I'm curious to know.From a fan of Robot Chicken and of your excellent voice acting,LDK_SPARDA

DouglasGoldstein wrote:NOTdubbed asked: "How do you and others at Robot Chicken HQ feel about the Star Wars prequels? It's pretty clear SOMEONE over there has got an interest in Star Wars, but as a die hard fan, I consider the prequels pretty goddamn terrible. What's your take?"

Everyone at Lucasfilm is very nice.

Yes, but do you guys think the prequels **beast** ass? That was my main question.

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The link shows your puppet hiding a sex camera.And the girl is quite obviously disappointed...She hollers out your name and that you're head writer for robot chicken.(which, coincidentally, is the same thing I heard in my head when I saw your screen name)((I watch WAY too many Robot Chicken reruns. I can't help it. ))

Do you guys give the puppet heads to the people you're making fun of?I mean..Mike Lazzo has to have one of the heads himself, right?

annnnnnd ok.We will not send you ring dings.Maybe we'll just send you creative ring ding pictures.Like... Over this Internet.Maybe over there in the Robot Chicken folder.Yeah, yeah. That's the ticket.

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